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Nicole Beharie /bɪˈhɑːri/ is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles in films such as the drama American Violet (2008), the psychological drama Shame (2011), the biographical sports drama 42 (2013), and the independent drama Miss Juneteenth (2020). From 2013 to 2016, she starred in the Fox supernatural drama series Sleepy Hollow.

Nicole Beharie
Beharie in 2014
Born	West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Other names	Nikki Beharie
Education	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	2008–present

Early life

Beharie was born in West Palm Beach, Florida.[1] When Beharie was little, her father was in the United States Foreign Service, so she grew up in the United Kingdom, Jamaica, Nigeria and Panama.[2] She attended Orangeburg Wilkinson High School in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and is a 2003 graduate of the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities,[3] a public residential high school in Greenville. Beharie was then accepted into Juilliard School, one of the most prestigious performing arts conservatories in the United States (Drama division Group 36: 2003–07).[4] She was awarded a Shakespeare scholarship and trained in England.[5]

Career

Beharie made her feature film debut in the 2008 film American Violet,[6] where she played the leading role. Also in the same year she played Sarah Ward in the American sports film The Express: The Ernie Davis Story opposite actor Rob Brown. In the Lifetime movie, Sins of the Mother (2010),[7] Beharie portrayed Shay Hunter, a struggling university student who goes on a journey to mend her fractured relationship with her mother Nona played by Jill Scott.

In 2011, Beharie performed five original songs as a singer-songwriter opposite German actor Ken Duken in the romantic drama My Last Day Without You. In the Russell Leigh Sharman film adaptation of his play Apartment 4E, she played Piper, a troubled young woman who never leaves her apartment.[8] Beharie played Marianne in the Steve McQueen film Shame,[9] portraying a love interest of Michael Fassbender. Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe praised her performance, calling her "a marvel of natural transparency".[10]

In 2013, Beharie starred as Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson (played by Chadwick Boseman), in the historical baseball feature 42. The same year, she began portraying Abbie Mills on the Fox fantasy series Sleepy Hollow, which is based on the 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.[11] In Spring 2016, Beharie departed the series, with her character dying in the series' third-season finale, the episode entitled "Ragnarok", which was aired April 8, 2016.[12] She later stated that an autoimmune disease was one of the causes of her exit and also revealed that she struggled to find work and was labelled as problematic after her departure from the show.[13][14]

In 2020, she starred in Miss Juneteenth, a film about a former pageant winner preparing her teenage daughter to assume her former crown.[14]

Personal life

In 2015, Beharie posed nude for the May issue of Allure magazine.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	American Violet	Dee Roberts
2008	The Express: The Ernie Davis Story	Sarah Ward
2011	My Last Day Without You	Leticia Johnson
2011	Shame	Marianne
2012	Apartment 4E	Piper
2012	The Last Fall	Faith Davis
2012	The Mirror Between Us	Zora	Short film
2012	Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day	Beth Hutchins
2013	42	Rachel Robinson
2018	Monsters and Men	Michelle
2019	Jacob's Ladder	Samantha Singer
2020	Miss Juneteenth	Turquoise Jones
2022	Breaking	Estel Valerie
2022	Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.	Shakura Sumpter

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Three Rivers	Helen Reed	Episode: "Win-loss"
2010	Sins of the Mother	Shay	Television film
2011	The Good Wife	Imani Stonehouse	2 episodes
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Tracy Harrison	Episode: "Child's Welfare"
2013–2016	Sleepy Hollow	Abbie Mills / Witness	Main role (50 episodes)
2015	Bones	Abbie Mills	Episode: "The Resurrection in the Remains"
2017	AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange	Host	5 episodes
2019	Black Mirror	Theo	Episode: "Striking Vipers" Credited as Nikki Beharie
2020	Little Fires Everywhere	Madeline Ryan	Episode: "The Uncanny"
2020	Monsterland	Annie	Episode: "New Orleans, LA"
2021	Solos	Nera	Anthology series[16]
2021	Scenes from a Marriage	Kate

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2010–11	A Free Man of Color	Margery Jolicoeur	Vivian Beaumont Theatre (Broadway)

Soundtrack appearances

Year	Album	Songs
2013	My Last Day Without You	"Two Hands", "Catch Me", "Morning Light", "Scars", "My Last Day Without You"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2009	African-American Film Critics	Best Actress[17]	American Violet	Won
2010	Black Reel Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
		Best Breakthrough Performance		Nominated
		Best Ensemble		Nominated
2012		Best Song	My Last Day Without You	Nominated
2014	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Sleepy Hollow	Nominated
2015		Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Favorite Actress on Television[18]		Nominated
2021	Gotham Independent Film Awards	Best Actress	Miss Juneteenth	Won
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Female Lead		Nominated

References

External links

• Nicole Beharie at IMDb
• Nicole Beharie on Instagram

На других языках

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[de] Nicole Beharie

Nicole Beharie (* 3. Januar 1985 in West Palm Beach, Florida als Nicole Browne)[1] ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin. Bekannt ist sie durch ihre Rollen in den Filmen American Violet (2008) und Shame (2011) sowie durch ihre Rolle in der Serie Sleepy Hollow (2013–2016).

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- [en] Nicole Beharie

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[es] Nicole Beharie

Nicole Beharie (West Palm Beach, Florida; 3 de enero de 1985), es una actriz estadounidense, conocida por sus papeles en American Violet (2008), Shame (2011) y 42 (2013). Desde septiembre de 2013 a abril de 2016 interpretó a la protagonista de la serie de la Fox Sleepy Hollow.[1]

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[ru] Бехари, Николь

Нико́ль Беха́ри (англ. Nicole Beharie, род. 3 января 1985 (1985-01-03)) — американская актриса.

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